1350-2073 - New Ireland Malagan funerary statue in at the Metropolitan Museum of Art museum, New York, USA. New Ireland is part of the Bismarck Archipelago, situated north of New Guinea, and has an estimated population of 100,000. The Dutch first encountered the island in 1616, and today New Ireland is a province of Papua New Guinea. Nineteen different languages are spoken on the island, and it is divided by a chain of mountains into three distinct regions: northern, central, and southeastern. The art of New Ireland traditionally centered on mortuary ceremonies and feasts to honor the dead. In northern New Ireland, the name given to these elaborate ceremonies is malagan, which is also the term used for the carved and painted sculptures associated with the ceremonies.
1350-206 - Adult Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) taking flight over water and mountain landscape in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, Aleutian islands chain, Bering Sea, Unalaska
805-443 - Gardener trimming low hedge in the 250 year old Dutch cemetery at Chinsurah, run by the Archaeological Survey of India, near Hugli, West Bengal, India, Asia
796-2498 - Colourful buildings, architecture in capital city Willemstad, Curacao, UNESCO World Heritage Site, ABC Islands, Dutch Antilles, Caribbean, Central America
796-2493 - Colourful buildings, architecture in capital city Willemstad, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Curacao, ABC Islands, Dutch Antilles, Caribbean, Central America
796-2497 - Colourful buildings, architecture in capital city Willemstad, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Curacao, ABC Islands, Dutch Antilles, Caribbean, Central America
796-2495 - Colourful buildings, architecture in capital city Willemstad, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Curacao, ABC Islands, Dutch Antilles, Caribbean, Central America
796-2494 - Colourful buildings, architecture in capital city Willemstad, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Curacao, ABC Islands, Dutch Antilles, Caribbean, Central America
832-385634 - Parking bicycle on bridge over canal at Oudezijds Voorburgwal, behind Sint Nicolaaskerk, Sankt Nikolas church, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
832-385465 - Evening mood, light tracks, boat cruises through canal with bridge, Keizersgracht and Leidsegracht, canal with historic houses, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
1176-1135 - Pattimura monument, celebrating Thomas Matulessy (Pattimura) who rebelled against the Dutch in 1817, Saparua, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia